Kaiser fires staffers who snooped into octuplet mother's files

Nearly two dozen hospital employees have been fired or disciplined for snooping into the medical records of octuplet mother Nadya Suleman, according to Kaiser Permanete officials. The computer breaches at the hospital were discovered about 10 days ago and reported to state authorities and to Suleman, said Kaiser spokesman Jim Anderson. He said that 15 employees were fired and eight were disciplined. The employees "ran the gamut of medical staff," he said.

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California health regulators fined Kaiser Permanente's Bellflower hospital $250,000 for failing to keep employees from snooping in the medical records of Nadya Suleman, the mother who set off a media frenzy...